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School: Derreenargan

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Derreenargan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Fionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 239

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 239

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  1. Stirabout and Tay

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    There was an awful battle that ''toke'' place the other day Between a lad called stirabout and a young chap called ''tay''
    The challenge was accepted of And stirabout did declare that ''tay'' it should be cried down, for it made the people ''guare''.
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    The first round they fought It was an awful bout The tay being light and active He knocked down stirabout Right manfully he rose again as soon as he was down He encountered ''tay'' five times Boys, and brought him to the ground.
    III
    The seventh round they fought The ''Drothán Dán'' began to fail Stirabout says, Boys, I'm getting
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